CASE STUDY

Kodisoft develops innovative,

interactive smart tables.
Intel® NUC
Intel® Core™ i7 Processor
Intel® Edison Platform
Internet of Things

Kodisoft specializes in developing innovative technologies that disrupt established

modes of operation. After years of extensive research into the restaurant
and catering industries, Kodisoft brought to market its Interactive Restaurant
Technology* (IRT)* Based on the Intel® NUC platform powered by 5th generation
Intel® Core™ i7 processors, together with Intel® Edison boards, IRT is transforming
the dining out experience.

Challenges
• Restaurant innovation. Kodisoft wanted to disrupt accepted modes of operation
in the restaurant business by bringing to market its IRT
• Technology choice. To do this, it needed a compact, high-performance and low-
power computing system on which to base its technology

Solutions
• All-in-one computing. Kodisoft chose the Intel NUC platform powered by the 5th
generation Intel Core i7 processor to power its smart tables
• High-performance analytics. Kodisoft uses the Intel Edison platform to
process the data from the touch sensors in the ultra-HD-resolution tabletop at a
frequency of 410 Hz

Impact
• Transforming dining. IRT presents restaurateurs with the opportunity to make
their establishments more attractive, more interesting and more hi-tech
• Healthy profit. On average and according to internal assessments, restaurants
using IRT have seen sales rise by 32 percent
• New advertising channel. Restaurants that have already deployed IRT are able
to generate completely new income, up to 52 percent of their turnover, from
advertisers
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With IRT, sales rise an average

of 32 percent

A taste of dining to come overhauled the company in 2005,

Imagine you’re in your favorite carving out a niche developing
restaurant and you’re hungry. You no innovative technology for the marketing
longer need to wait for the waiter to and advertising market segments.
come over to dish out the menu or take This included a device for Bluetooth
“We were looking for an your order. Your table is all you need. marketing, allowing businesses to
reach potential customers directly
all-in-one solution that But it’s no ordinary table. It’s interactive
from their mobile phones, and an
and brimming with information and
could provide both core great suggestions. In one touch, you interactive instrument for emotional
can browse the menu, see a photograph advertising that made it possible to
and graphic processing with capture and record the movements of
of any dish and browse through its
low power consumption. ingredients. With one more touch, you consumers using sensors. After three
can order it. years of research into the restaurant
We tried out many different and catering industries, Kodisoft hit
Waiting for your food to arrive is also on the idea for IRT, starting with the
options from different transformed. You can play games on development of interactive tables.
vendors. But for our your tabletop, browse the news and
even get acquainted with your fellow Kostyk explains: “At Kodisoft, we don’t
application, high processing diners through interactive applications. just replicate existing technologies. We
seek to develop brand-new solutions
needs and to support ultra- On a first date? No problem. You can
that disrupt established and accepted
change the mood of your table at the
HD resolution, we found touch of a button. And, if you’re feeling modes of operation. We spend time
really bold, you can even change researching how businesses operate—
Intel® NUCs powered by 5th whether that’s advertising companies or
the mood of the table next to you
generation Intel® Core™ i7 from romantic to disco (restaurant more recently restaurants and cafes—
permitting). and develop a new approach for how
processors, together with these businesses should operate and
This innovative Interactive Restaurant what the customer experience should
the Intel® Edison platform, Technology (IRT) is the brainchild of be. Rather than asking what we could
offered the preferred Ukrainian IT company Kodisoft. At its do with a smart table, we thought about
heart lies Intel® processor technology. what we could do to transform the
solution.” restaurant industry.”
A long history of innovation
– Dmytro Kostyk,
Kodisoft’s history can be traced back All-round benefits of IRT
Founder, Kodisoft
as far as 2001 when founder Dmytro “Every year, dozens of new restaurants
Kostyk wrote a bookkeeping program and cafes open. But over a third of
for a TV and radio workshop in his them fail within the first year,” says
hometown of Stakhanov, Ukraine. Since Kostyk. “Today, there is a multitude
then, the company has been involved of restaurants and the customer is
in a wide range of projects—from spoiled for choice. The restaurant
restoring the electronics in machines business is not just about serving food;
that apply portraits to marble to it’s about creating an atmosphere
restoring Stakhanov’s clock tower— where the customer can have a good
before finally taking shape as a large time, socialize and learn something
outsourcing company. new. When customers are used to
being online and using touchscreens,
Not content with a future in
why do restaurants still offer a
outsourcing, Kostyk radically
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traditional and boring low-tech

experience? IRT presents restaurateurs
with the opportunity to make their
establishments more attractive, more
interesting and more hi-tech.”
Restaurant owners can benefit from
greater profit thanks to IRT. Instant
orders that go directly to the kitchen
reduce time spent on each order,
increasing customer flow. The unique
format attracts new customers to the
restaurant and increases word-of-
mouth advertising. Printed menus
and other promotional presentation
materials are no longer needed,
reducing marketing expenses. The
kitchen can react quickly to promote • Additional features include: start-ups and makers to quickly and
certain dishes based on factors like simply bring Internet of Things (IoT)
– Built-in, contactless payment
weather or ingredients that may be products to market. It contains a
technology
coming to end of life, thus reducing high-performance, dual-core CPU
waste. If they are open to the idea, – Near field communications (NFC), and a single-core microcontroller to
restaurateurs can further increase mobile apps or QR codes for easy support complex data collection in a
revenue by opening up the tabletops to access to social media accounts or low-power package. Integrated Wi-Fi,
advertisers - something Kostyk refers personalized discounts Bluetooth Low-Energy* (LE*), memory,
to as the equivalent of making “new and storage simplify configuration and
– A built-in camera
money from air.” increase scalability.
– Face and hand tracking using Intel®
Besides enjoying a unique restaurant Kodisoft is using the Intel Edison
RealSense
experience, customers benefit from platform to process the data from the
increased information—for example, At the heart of the interactive table touch sensor. “It is capable of handling
details of ingredients and calorie lies Intel processor technology. Kostyk more than 250 concurrent touches
count plus recommendations for explains: “We were looking for an at a frequency of 410 Hz,” explains
accompanying drinks and side orders. all-in-one solution that could provide Kostyk. “From the moment a person
They can play games and watch videos both core and graphic processing with touches the sensor to the moment the
as they wait for their food, change the low power consumption. We tried out data is delivered represents just 2.4
atmosphere to suit their mood and many different options from different milliseconds.”
even upload photos from the restaurant vendors. But for our application, high
The sustainability of the Intel products
direct to their social media accounts processing needs and need to support
was also a key decision factor for
or book their taxi home – all from the ultra HD resolution, we found the Intel
Kodisoft. “With Intel, you know the
comfort of their dining table. NUC powered by the 5th generation
processors will always be available
Intel Core i7 processor, together with
when you need them and in the
The key ingredient: Intel the Intel Edison platform, offered the
quantity you need them. We know
preferred solution.
Kodisoft’s IRT offers restaurant owners our manufacturing process will not
the world’s first ultra-HD interactive The Intel NUC is a compact, energy- be held up. Intel was also able to offer
tabletop with unlimited multitouch, efficient, fully functioning, high- great technical support and was one
meaning all diners at the table can performance PC. Its small form factor of the first on the market to support
interact with its features at the same makes it the ideal computing solution 4K resolution, enabling us to go from
time. Additional gesture support also for tight spaces such as digital signage idea through to prototyping and final
allows visitors to interact with the table solutions, home theater systems and, of development in a relatively short
from up to a distance of 8cm without course, interactive smart tables. timeframe.”
even touching it. Toughened 8mm of
The Intel Edison platform is a fully In the near future, Kodisoft plans to take
safety glass ensures durability and
open-source hardware and software advantage of the remote management
anodized aluminum and stainless steel
development environment that enables capabilities of Intel® vPro™ technology.
provide a sleek, stylish design.
 Intel® Active Management Technology What’s next for IRT? Kodisoft is also planning to designate
(Intel® AMT), a component of Intel the IRT as a separate company, for
Kodisoft plans to open 15 more
vPro technology, provides remote which an initial public offering (IPO) is
restaurants over the coming year in
management over wired or wireless planned.
Singapore, Spain, Canada and the U.S. It
networks across devices irrespective
also plans to open a second production
of power or operating system state. Customer spotlight
line in Kiev, Ukraine, capable of building
IT administrators can patch, repair or
up to 200 tables per month. Founded in 2002, Kodisoft develops
upgrade applications and operating
systems as well as carry out inventories. specialized, high-quality hardware and
The next step is to develop more
This is something Kostyk describes as software solutions using progressive
intelligent IRT software that can improve
being “very useful as Kodisoft rolls out technologies. It strives to create
monetization for restaurant owners
to more sites.” solutions for developers to pick up
and deliver an enhanced, more
and run with, without having to read
emotional experience to diners. For
through a long list of instructions.
IRT in action example, a recent Kodisoft research
Besides Interactive Restaurant
The first restaurant featuring IRT, Oshi project revealed some fascinating
Technology (IRT), its key technology
Innovations, was opened in Limassol, insight into consumer behavior. After
developments to date include, among
Cyprus at the end of 2012. The project installing a video camera at the door
others, mCloud*, a single cloud-
turned out to be so successful that the of a well-known coffee shop, Kodisoft
based business environment that
Kodisoft IRT solution delivered a return discovered that if a man over 45 years
delivers every system and program
on investment of EUR 641,000 (USD old ordered a decaf coffee, he was 86
a business needs to operate, and
720,000) in just six months. percent more likely than the average
Kolight*, an interactive, hi-tech system
customer to order a piece of carrot
In August 2013 a second new for implementing “live” advertising
cake. The coffee shop in question was
restaurant, Ebony Interactive, opened including interactive floors, Bluetooth
completely unaware of this detail. Using
in Dubai, UAE, using a new version of marketing and augmented reality.
machine-learning software, Kodisoft
the software, followed by a third new plans to capture this sort of data in Read more about Kodisoft and IRT
restaurant opening, iCafe, in Abu-Dhabi, its future iterations of IRT and turn it
UAE. The restaurant in Dubai realized into meaningful insights for restaurant
a return on its investment of EUR Find the solution that’s right for your
owners. The capacity of this sort of
863,000 (USD 970,000) in just eleven organization. Read more about Intel’s
analytics to tailor promotions and
months. retail solutions for the Internet of
further increase sales is huge.
Things.
On average, restaurants using IRT have Ultimately, the company would like to
seen a sales rise by 32 percent. Kodisoft see its IRT franchised. The format is Watch this video to find out more about
sells these solutions direct to the not just limited to restaurants; it can IRT in action.
restaurant owners as well as through also improve the customer experience
channel partners. at coffee shops and nightclubs, among
others.

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